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The most popular names in 1936

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‹ 19351937 ›

Top 1,000 girls' names · 1–100

  1. #1Mary54,377
  2. #2Shirley35,161
  3. #3Barbara31,682
  4. #4Betty25,868
  5. #5Patricia23,916
  6. #6Dorothy17,666
  7. #7Joan17,072
  8. #8Nancy16,755
  9. #9Margaret14,596
  10. #10Carol14,520
  11. #11Helen12,234
  12. #12Joyce11,988
  13. #13Marilyn11,064
  14. #14Virginia9,650
  15. #15Doris9,226
  16. #16Ruth9,217
  17. #17Beverly8,901
  18. #18Elizabeth8,860
  19. #19Frances8,789
  20. #20Jean8,536
  21. #21Janet8,080
  22. #22Donna7,932
  23. #23Carolyn7,906
  24. #24Martha7,392
  25. #25Phyllis7,374
  26. #26Lois7,232
  27. #27Alice7,201
  28. #28Ann6,666
  29. #29Norma6,633
  30. #30Dolores6,417
  31. #31Janice6,150
  32. #32Gloria6,140
  33. #33Marie6,132
  34. #34Evelyn6,108
  35. #35Peggy6,068
  36. #36Anna5,727
  37. #37Rose5,699
  38. #38Sandra5,526
  39. #39Marlene5,332
  40. #40Mildred5,051
  41. #41Geraldine4,864
  42. #42Jane4,719
  43. #43Judith4,580
  44. #44Catherine4,537
  45. #45Annie4,529
  46. #46Louise4,355
  47. #47Eleanor4,341
  48. #48Joanne4,305
  49. #49Marjorie4,279
  50. #50Elaine4,259
  51. #51Ruby4,226
  52. #52Patsy4,196
  53. #53Sylvia4,156
  54. #54Arlene3,898
  55. #55Joann3,886
  56. #56Wanda3,882
  57. #57Irene3,817
  58. #58Delores3,760
  59. #59Sally3,635
  60. #60Sharon3,573
  61. #61Charlotte3,555
  62. #62June3,515
  63. #62Sarah3,515
  64. #64Roberta3,467
  65. #65Bonnie3,374
  66. #66Jacqueline3,362
  67. #67Kathleen3,352
  68. #68Audrey3,345
  69. #69Rita3,334
  70. #70Loretta3,325
  71. #71Edna3,305
  72. #72Jo3,292
  73. #73Carole3,199
  74. #74Thelma3,196
  75. #75Juanita3,183
  76. #76Lorraine3,167
  77. #77Josephine3,141
  78. #78Wilma3,123
  79. #79Lillian3,117
  80. #80Florence3,083
  81. #81Yvonne3,038
  82. #82Pauline2,981
  83. #83Darlene2,962
  84. #84Gladys2,944
  85. #85Emma2,831
  86. #86Grace2,791
  87. #87Edith2,759
  88. #88Theresa2,758
  89. #89Anne2,756
  90. #90Ethel2,730
  91. #91Clara2,684
  92. #92Lucille2,632
  93. #93Marion2,580
  94. #94Jeanette2,552
  95. #95Bernice2,540
  96. #96Hazel2,512
  97. #97Linda2,440
  98. #98Kay2,408
  99. #99Ellen2,398
  100. #100Katherine2,355

Top 1,000 boys' names · 1–100

  1. #1Robert58,500
  2. #2James54,694
  3. #3John47,683
  4. #4William39,398
  5. #5Richard33,494
  6. #6Charles29,101
  7. #7Donald28,639
  8. #8Thomas18,342
  9. #9George18,197
  10. #10David17,476
  11. #11Joseph17,453
  12. #12Ronald16,917
  13. #13Edward14,194
  14. #14Kenneth12,486
  15. #15Paul12,307
  16. #16Frank10,186
  17. #17Raymond9,459
  18. #18Jerry9,271
  19. #19Gerald9,018
  20. #20Jack8,857
  21. #21Harold8,628
  22. #22Billy8,587
  23. #23Joe8,023
  24. #24Bobby7,735
  25. #25Larry7,611
  26. #26Walter7,536
  27. #27Carl6,591
  28. #28Henry6,447
  29. #29Eugene6,376
  30. #30Arthur6,264
  31. #31Ralph6,029
  32. #32Willie6,011
  33. #33Michael5,800
  34. #34Albert5,759
  35. #35Roger5,702
  36. #36Fred5,602
  37. #37Lawrence5,339
  38. #38Gary5,192
  39. #39Harry4,931
  40. #40Howard4,874
  41. #41Daniel4,817
  42. #42Roy4,815
  43. #43Norman4,645
  44. #44Louis4,418
  45. #45Wayne4,409
  46. #46Jimmy4,214
  47. #47Earl4,106
  48. #48Anthony3,978
  49. #49Marvin3,936
  50. #50Francis3,876
  51. #51Don3,830
  52. #52Clarence3,772
  53. #53Melvin3,730
  54. #54Leonard3,716
  55. #55Ernest3,715
  56. #56Peter3,714
  57. #57Leroy3,642
  58. #58Stanley3,492
  59. #59Dale3,393
  60. #60Alfred3,253
  61. #61Bill3,166
  62. #62Herbert3,117
  63. #63Philip3,033
  64. #64Franklin2,939
  65. #64Ray2,939
  66. #66Gene2,909
  67. #67Samuel2,893
  68. #68Bernard2,853
  69. #69Russell2,832
  70. #70Frederick2,817
  71. #71Jimmie2,742
  72. #72Johnny2,729
  73. #73Bruce2,630
  74. #74Dennis2,627
  75. #75Gordon2,567
  76. #76Lee2,418
  77. #77Bob2,408
  78. #78Douglas2,374
  79. #79Eddie2,347
  80. #80Glenn2,328
  81. #81Allen2,314
  82. #82Leon2,282
  83. #83Andrew2,276
  84. #84Edwin2,271
  85. #85Jim2,268
  86. #86Floyd2,228
  87. #87Theodore2,219
  88. #88Lloyd2,160
  89. #89Clyde2,153
  90. #90Clifford2,132
  91. #91Tommy2,108
  92. #92Martin2,106
  93. #93Vernon2,028
  94. #94Leo2,017
  95. #95Warren1,976
  96. #96Alvin1,970
  97. #96Harvey1,970
  98. #98Jerome1,967
  99. #99Stephen1,862
  100. #100Patrick1,856